Jaipur : State Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar had said during the by-election campaign that if BJP does not win this election, he will shave his mustache. BJP candidate Revantram Danga has won the seat. After this, ‘mustache’ posts were seen at many places in Khinvsar with ‘Khinvsar hashtag’. On Monday, mustache posters and hoardings were also seen on the roadside in Civil Lines area of Jaipur. The bungalow of the state Chief Minister and Health Minister is in this area.
Revantram Danga defeated RLP’s Kanika.
The Jat-dominated Khinvsar seat of Nagaur district was considered the stronghold of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) chief and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal. BJP’s Revantram Danga defeated his nearest rival RLP candidate Kanika Beniwal by a margin of 13,901 votes. Kanika is Beniwal’s wife.
Poster put up in front of Health Minister’s house
After the victory of the BJP candidate, the minister thanked the voters for ‘respecting’ his oath and moustache. After the results were declared, the minister’s supporters are celebrating the victory as a ‘mustache’ victory. After the results, mustache posters have been put up at many places in Khinvsar, including outside the house of Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar in Civil Lines area of Jaipur. Mustache posters have been put up at many places including the entrance of the minister’s bungalow in Civil Lines.
The minister thanked the voters
The minister said, “I am grateful to the voters that they honored my oath. I and my family have been serving them and will continue to serve them.” Hanuman Beniwal had won the Khinvsar seat as a BJP candidate in 2008 and had reached the Assembly from this seat as an independent in the 2013 elections.
In 2019, Hanuman fielded his brother in the by-election.
Later he formed RLP and won this seat in the 2018 assembly elections. The Jat leader won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Nagaur in alliance with the BJP and fielded his brother Narayan Beniwal in the by-election from Khinvsar assembly seat. Narayan Beniwal won the by-election. RLP was a part of ‘India’ alliance in the 2023 Lok Sabha elections and Hanuman was again elected as MLA from there. After his election to the Lok Sabha in 2024, this seat became vacant and a by-election was held.
Congress fielded Ratan Chaudhary
This time Congress decided to contest the by-elections without any alliance and fielded Ratan Chaudhary. However, Choudhary could secure only 5,454 votes. Newly elected BJP MLA Danga was a close associate of Hanuman Beniwal at the time of formation of RLP but later he parted ways after being ignored in the party. He decided to join BJP.
Beniwal defeated Jyoti Mirdha in 2019 and 2024
Former Congress MP Jyoti Mirdha, who joined BJP before the assembly elections last year, played an important role in bringing Danga to BJP. Hanuman Beniwal and Jyoti Mirdha have been old rivals. Beniwal had defeated Mirdha in the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Health Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar belongs to Khinvsar town of Nagaur. He is an MLA from Lohawat, Jodhpur. He is overseeing the election management of BJP in Khinvsar. By-elections were held recently on seven seats in the state. In the results declared on Saturday, the ruling BJP won five seats, while the Congress and Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) won one seat each.
